Geno Auriemma, Sarah Strong offer differing opinions on Final Four jersey rip
Did Sarah Strong rip her own jersey in UConn's Final Four loss? The video seems to show she did, but Geno Auriemma blames South Carolina.
PHOENIX, AZ – Just seconds remained in the third quarter of Friday’s Final Four game between UConn and South Carolina , and Sarah Strong drove against Joyce Edwards as the Huskies trailed the Gamecocks by five points. With Edwards providing a stretched-out defensive effort for South Carolina, Strong’s desperate hook shot from mid-range missed the mark. And then, based on the video evidence and how Strong described the incident after the Huskies lost to the Gamecocks , she ripped her own jersey in frustration.
As the buzzer sounded, Strong grabbed the collars of her kit and pulled, tearing it down the middle Hulk Hogan style. More: Geno Auriemma doesn't regret what he said about Dawn Staley It was a moment where the frustration for Strong and the Huskies boiled to the surface as their 54-game winning streak and undefeated season came to an end in a 62-48 national semifinal loss for UConn in the Mortgage Matchup Center. “It was an accident.
Missed my shot,” the soft-spoken Strong said after the loss. “Ripped it by accident. ” Between quarters, Strong swapped out her No.
21 jersey and put on the No. 55. She finished the game with 12 points and 12 rebounds, but shot just 4-of-16 from the floor.